Lynda Bird Johnson Robb

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Lynda Bird Johnson Robb
Johnson Robb in January 2016
First Lady of Virginia
In role
January 16, 1982 – January 18, 1986
GovernorChuck Robb
Preceded byEdwina P. Dalton
Succeeded byJeannie Baliles
Second Lady of Virginia
In role
January 14, 1978 – January 16, 1982
Preceded byEdwina P. Dalton
Succeeded byMartha Davis
Personal details
Born
Lynda Bird Johnson

(1944-03-19) March 19, 1944 (age 80)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouse(s)Chuck Robb
Children3
ParentsLyndon B. Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin

Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (born March 19, 1944) is the elder of the two daughters of the 36th U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson and his First Lady Lady Bird Johnson.

She was chairwoman of the Board of Reading is Fundamental, the nation's largest children's literacy organization, as well as chairwoman of the President's Advisory Committee for Women.

She is a magazine editor who was First Lady of Virginia from 1982 to 1986, and as Second Lady of Virginia from 1978 to 1982. She is the oldest living child of a U.S. president, following the death of John Eisenhower on December 21, 2013.

Johnson Robb is married to former United States Senator and Governor Chuck Robb.

She was known to have dated actor George Hamilton when her father was president.[1][2]

References[change | change source]

  1. Source, The Reliable (13 February 2012). "Lynda Johnson Robb and George Hamilton: When a president's daughter dated a movie star". The Washington Post.
  2. "Hollywood Flashback: George Hamilton Once Took LBJ's Daughter to the Oscars". The Hollywood Reporter. 25 February 2016.